God's Wrath Quotes In Frankenstein

God, the figure who watches over all 7 billion humans on Earth, and gives each one hope through their difficult journey. Due to the immense amount of injustice in the world, acts that go against God’s wishes are abundant and inevitable. Usually God does grant forgiveness for people who ask for it, but for the few who don’t, God inflicts the harshest punishments on them. For example, people that disturb Mother Nature can cause storms, climate change, and even death to the innocent. These consequences are all caused by the wrath of God. These punishments are often seen in many different types of literature, regardless of genre or style of writing. Although the works of Paradise Lost, Frankenstein, and Rime of the Ancient Mariner are all different

There are a variety of ways in which the main character, Victor, is punished by God for his vandalizm of nature. Personal guilt, depression, but most importantly, revenge against his creation. To begin, after Victor creates Monster, and neglects him, Victor is plagued with mental agony for what he has created. After Monster is created, Victor runs out of his apartment in fear due to his horrible image. Monster’s mutilated face is a prime demonstration on the consequences if nature is disturbed. Furthermore, Victor’s guilt starts to turn into severe depression after he finds out his creation killed his brother William. Victor says, “I was tempted to plunge into the silent river, that the waters might close over me and my calamities forever” (Pg.103, Shelley). This extreme despair shows how severe God is punishing Victor’s mind, and that all this could have been avoided had Victor never vandalized Mother Nature. Lastly, due to Victor abandoning Monster, he ultimately leads to the death of his brother William. This is the most significant way in which God punishes him for his sins. Not only is he punished for vandalizing nature, but he was also punished for not raising his creation to have benevolent intentions, and alienating him from all of society. In sum, the main character, Victor, is significantly punished by God for not only his alteration of nature, but his lack of interaction towards the creature he created with benevolent intentions. If only he had stayed away from reanimating cadavers, he would not be punished by